Voyage of the Damned (1976)

Voyage of the Damned (1976) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
151 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1976 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Stuart Rosenberg

Written By:
David Butler
Steve Shagan

Actors:
Faye Dunaway ..... Denise Kreisler
Oskar Werner ..... Dr. Egon Kreisler
Lee Grant ..... Lillian Rosen
Sam Wanamaker ..... Carl Rosen
Lynne Frederick ..... Anna Rosen
David de Keyser ..... Joseph Joseph
Della McDermott ..... Julia Strauss
Genevieve West ..... Sarah Strauss
Luther Adler ..... Prof. Weiler
Wendy Hiller ..... Rebecca Weiler
Julie Harris ..... Alice Fienchild
Nehemiah Persoff ..... Mr. Hauser
Maria Schell ..... Mrs. Hauser
Paul Koslo ..... Aaron Pozner
Jonathan Pryce ..... Joseph Manasse
Brian Gilbert ..... Laurence Schulman
Georgina Hale ..... Lottie Schulman
Adele Strong ..... Mrs. Schulman
Milo Sperber ..... Rabbi
Max von Sydow ..... Capt. Schroeder
Malcolm McDowell ..... Max Gunter
Helmut Griem ..... Otto Schiendick
Keith Barron ..... Purser Mueller
Anthony Higgins ..... Seaman Berg
Ian Cullen ..... Radio Officer
Donald Houston ..... Dr. Glauner
David Daker ..... First Officer
Constantine Gregory ..... Navigation Officer (as Constantin de Goguel)
Don Henderson
Tom Laughlin ..... Engineering Officer
Ina Skriver ..... Singer
Orson Welles ..... Estedes
James Mason ..... Remos
Katharine Ross ..... Mira Hauser
Victor Spinetti ..... Dr. Erich Strauss
Michael Constantine ..... Luis Clasing
José Ferrer ..... Manuel Benitez
Ben Gazzara ..... Morris Troper
Fernando Rey ..... President Bru`
Bernard Hepton ..... Milton Goldsmith
Günter Meisner ..... Robert Hoffman
Marika Rivera ..... Madame in Bordello
Carl Duering ..... German Ambassador
Janet Suzman ..... Leni Strauss
Frederick Jaeger ..... Werner Mannheim
Denholm Elliott ..... Adm. Wilhelm Canaris
Leonard Rossiter ..... Cmdr. Udo von Bonin
Philip Stone ..... Secretary

Synopsis:

Organized by the Nazis in May 1939, nine hundred thirty-seven Jews set sail on the S.S. St. Louis, a luxury ocean liner, from Hamburg to Havana. The passengers are sailing to freedom in Cuba, where their friends and relatives are awaiting their arrival. The passengers have mixed emotions about their voyage: some are happy about freedom, some are sad to leave their German homeland, and some are angry about accepting anything from their Nazi persecutors. Some of the crew, those that sympathize with the Nazi Party, are also angry that the Nazis would allow Jews to sail to freedom and are angry about having to serve their inferior passengers. The ship's Captain, Schroeder, is a non-political man, and does whatever he can to ensure a safe and comfortable voyage for his passengers. Unbeknown to most of the crew, including the Captain, and the passengers all of whom were only issued tourist visas, a wave of antisemitism is sweeping across the western hemisphere, in part fueled by the Nazis. The passengers, as refugees, are obviously intending on staying once landed despite their visas. Thus, the fate of the ship and its passengers is uncertain when it lands in Havana Harbor. Perhaps this outcome was the Nazi plan all along so that the world could no longer object to how the Nazis deal with Jews at home.

In 1939, Germany's Hamburg-America Line announced a voyage from Germany to Cuba. 937 people, the vast majority being Jews, signed up for the opportunity to escape Nazi Germany. Unbeknownst to the passengers, the visas they purchased were from a corrupt Cuban director of immigration were invalid. Upon arrival in Havana, only 28 people were allowed to disembark, while the rest remained on board for weeks as they sailed to Florida, and eventually Canada, searching for safe haven. Sadly the ship returned to Antwerp after more than a month at sea. Forced back under Nazi rule as the low countries fell, it is estimated that approximately 250 of the refugees died in the extermination camps in occupied Poland.

937 Jewish Germans are offered safe haven in Havana, Cuba, in 1939. They depart Hamburg in high spirits, looking forward to their new life. However, the whole voyage is actually a Nazi propaganda scheme and the passengers are never really intended to be allowed ashore once they reach their destination. After weeks of unsuccessful pleas they are forced to return back to Europe.

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